Perhaps my favourite aircraft of all time, the Lockheed Constellation. A few years back I was taking a walk during a lunchbreak at work (nr Knutsford). I heard an old piston-engined aero rumbling away, looked up, and in the clear blue sky an all-over aluminium finish Constellation flew over. Turned out it was on a ferry flight into Europe, heading cross country, away from the main airways. I was extremely chuffed to spot it fly over

Perhaps my favourite aircraft of all time, the Lockheed Constellation. A few years back I was taking a walk during a lunchbreak at work (nr Knutsford). I heard an old piston-engined aero rumbling away, looked up, and in the clear blue sky an all-over aluminium finish Constellation flew over. Turned out it was on a ferry flight into Europe, heading cross country, away from the main airways. I was extremely chuffed to spot it fly over

The B-17 is my favourite as well. The more I read about that bomber, the more I like it.

Stuchamp: Have you read the story about the B-17 ''Buffalo Gal'' That was one with Studebaker power?

One thing I am certain of though, the guys who flew them were BRAVE!

I was just looking at the Buffalo Gal site. very interesting.
I just bought a book called "B-17 Combat Missions" by Martin Bowman.
It's full of stories of the crews who flew them from the pilots to the tail-gunners. They were a special breed of men back then!

Speaking of sharks, the Tempests & Typhoons had that kind of look about them with that 'mouth' intake beneath the prop, but my favourite was the Kittyhawk...Or the P-51 Mustang....Or the Spitty...Or the..._________________Don't run your fingers over my truck & I won't run my truck over your fingers!